November 2000 - Sinister

Sinister: as queer as a three-dollar bill
by eric 05 Nov '00

05 Nov '00

hello sinister-people. all this talk of people not listening to belle and sebastian has gotten me thinking that I shouldn't listen to them as much as I do. it's not good for my sanity. not speaking of which, where has all the queerness gone in b&s songs? we used to have girls holding hands, jane having boys or girls tonight, gay brothers, and lisa meeting chelsea... now it's all terribly terribly straight. this must be rectified. I'm currently having an academic crisis, because I suddenly have the desire to tranfer to the art school in my university and major in cinema studies even though I'm graduating in a year and a half and there's no conceivable way I could unless I'm willing to pay lots of extra tuition. anybody else ever been in a similar situation and have lots of wise and wonderful advice for me? being responsible is overrated, I think. also... I'm officially going to be studying in london in the spring, which I'm excited about to the 17th degree. I get to be a foreigner! even though americans aren't exactly exotic. anyone that lives/has lived in london and knows fun things to do please tell me. I'll probably do all the touristy things my first couple of weeks there, and after that I'm going to sit in my room. should I be prepared to drink a lot of tea? I guess that's all from me. thanks for reading my fairly pointless ramblings. -eric xoxo +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ Brought to you by the undead Sinister mailing list +---+ To send to the list mail sinister(a)missprint.org. To unsubscribe send "unsubscribe sinister" or "unsubscribe sinister-digest" to majordomo(a)missprint.org. WWW: http://www.missprint.org/sinister +-+ "legion of bedroom saddo devotees" "tech-heads and students" +-+ +-+ "the cardie wearing biscuit nibbling belle & sebastian list" +-+ +-+ "sinsietr is a bit freaky" - stuart david, looper +-+ +-+ "pasty-faced vegan geeks... and we LOST!" - NME April 2000 +-+ +-+ "peculiarly deranged fanbase" "frighteningly named +-+ +-+ Sinister List organisation" - NME May 2000 +-+ +----------------------------------------------------------------------+

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Sinister: Fourth time lucky?
by 5 Scal Louis 05 Nov '00

05 Nov '00

There once was a snake that lived in a pond. And the snake lived on frogs, it only liked eating frogs, but the frogs were very fast and the snake used to expend loads of energy chasing frogs. So the snake became more and more tired of chasing them. Until one day the snake just lay by the side of the pond looking ill (it was just pretending, but this snake was a good actor), until one young frog (well, teenage really) came up the bank and asked the snake "is there something wrong?". The snaked (pouting quite magnificantly) said "I bit the witches daughter and in return she cursed me". "Really? What kind of curse?" asked the little frog. "I've got to become a carrier of frogs, and I'm not allowed to eat any frogs without permission." "Go on then, prove it." Squealed the frog. "Carry me" "Ok" said the snake, moving down to the edge of the water. "get on." And the frog climbed onto the snake. The snake swam around the pond as fast as he could with the frog on his back. "faster" screamed the frog. And the snake swam faster. Infact he swam as fast as he could and all his splashing about atracted the attention of the other frogs. When they heard what had happened, they all asked to ride the snake. And the snake said yes to all of them. They all climbed on and got carried around the pond as fast as the snake could swim. Until the King of frog' noticed. "Whats happening?" He asked. And he was told all about the curse and about how the snake had been giving everyone rides. "Well, I'm the King," he said, in a very self important way "I should have a ride". So the king and his ontorage piled on to the snake and everyoen else was pushed off. The king enjoyed it so much he told the snake "Be here tommorow, I want another ride" and teh snake agreed. The next day the snake gave rides to everyone, but when the King had his go, he noticed that the snake wasn't swimming as fast as he was the day before, so the King asked him why. "Well, I'm tired. I haven't eaten for over a day and I can't eat until you let me." The king thought and he decided to sacrifice a frog. And one was fed to the snake every day from then on. __ __ ______ ______ ______ ______ ______ / > /. -\ / \__/ \__/ \__/ \__/ \__/ / >--\__ -- ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ / \____/ \____/ \____/ \____/ \____/ \____/ Well thats it, its not my story, but the woman on the radio (GLR) said it should be passed on... its only paraphrased. I liked it. I drew the snake myself though (its bad isn't it). Louis -- Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed people can change the world. Indeed it is the only thing that ever has. -Margaret Mead Dougal(a)compsoc.man.ac.uk 020 8 540 2215 +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ Brought to you by the undead Sinister mailing list +---+ To send to the list mail sinister(a)missprint.org. To unsubscribe send "unsubscribe sinister" or "unsubscribe sinister-digest" to majordomo(a)missprint.org. WWW: http://www.missprint.org/sinister +-+ "legion of bedroom saddo devotees" "tech-heads and students" +-+ +-+ "the cardie wearing biscuit nibbling belle & sebastian list" +-+ +-+ "sinsietr is a bit freaky" - stuart david, looper +-+ +-+ "pasty-faced vegan geeks... and we LOST!" - NME April 2000 +-+ +-+ "peculiarly deranged fanbase" "frighteningly named +-+ +-+ Sinister List organisation" - NME May 2000 +-+ +----------------------------------------------------------------------+

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Sinister: Paper Moon Soundtrack
by Rachel Walther 05 Nov '00

05 Nov '00

Coming out of self-imposed Sinister lurkedom due to new email address (that nasty Vicki Rider is gone for good)--to ask everyone a very imporant question: Does anyone remember that movie "Paper Moon", with Ryan and Tatum O'Neal? It's set in the Depression and has a buncha great songs in it, all from that era. Tatum was the youngest person to ever win an Oscar; it's in black and white 'tho it was made in the 70s and it's a great movie. Well, would anybody like to trade me for the soundtrack? I've found myself with an extra copy I unwittingly bought off eBay before realizing my dad already owned the album, so now I have this large package in my room and nobody I know wants it. The songs are: "It's Only a Paper Moon"-Paul Whiteman and his Orchestra, "About A Quarter To Nine"-Ozzie Nelson and His Orchestra, "(It Will Have To Do) Until the Real Thing Comes Along"-Leo Reisman & his Orchestra, "Flirtation Walk"-Dick Powell, "Just ONe More Chance"-Bing Crosby, "One Hour With You"-Jimmy Greir and his orchetsra, "I Found A Million Dollar Baby"-Victor Young & his Orchestra & the Boswell Sisiters, "The Object of My Offection" Jimmy Greir & his orchestra, "Georgia on my Mind"- Hoagy Charmichael and his Orchestra, "A Picture of Me Without You"-Pual Whiteman & his Orchestra-Ken Darby & Ramona, "ON the Banks Of the Ohio"-The Blue Sky Boys, "My Mary"-Jimmie Davis, "After You've Gone"-Tommy Dorsey & his Orchestra, "Let's Have Another Cup of Coffee"-Enric Madriguera & his Hotel Bitmore Orchestra, "Sunnyside Up"-Johnny Hamp's Kentucky Serenaders. It's on vinyl (don't think they ever printed it on cd),and in very good condition (according to eBay). If anyone wants it I'll just send it straight off to you--I haven't opened it so if it's been cracked in shipping or something I don't know. I'll take anything in return: a mix tape, good book, t-shirt--whatever! So just please let me know......ummm, I guess that's it. Thank you. Cheers, Rachel W. rachels_a_phreak(a)hotmail.com _________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com. Share information about yourself, create your own public profile at http://profiles.msn.com. +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ Brought to you by the undead Sinister mailing list +---+ To send to the list mail sinister(a)missprint.org. To unsubscribe send "unsubscribe sinister" or "unsubscribe sinister-digest" to majordomo(a)missprint.org. WWW: http://www.missprint.org/sinister +-+ "legion of bedroom saddo devotees" "tech-heads and students" +-+ +-+ "the cardie wearing biscuit nibbling belle & sebastian list" +-+ +-+ "sinsietr is a bit freaky" - stuart david, looper +-+ +-+ "pasty-faced vegan geeks... and we LOST!" - NME April 2000 +-+ +-+ "peculiarly deranged fanbase" "frighteningly named +-+ +-+ Sinister List organisation" - NME May 2000 +-+ +----------------------------------------------------------------------+

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Sinister: two lumps please, you're the bees knees...
by sophie * 05 Nov '00

05 Nov '00

* so i was just starting to write a little mail to the lovely ian, to say ooh yes, gentle waves meetup would be a splendide idea, and then i thought, why not say ooh yes to everyone? so yeah, i think it's a luverly idea, and let's. saturday then? am writing from my dad's house, having fled from my mum's (the true horror of moving back home after uni *shudder* (in a sideshow bob kinda way))- anywaysh, so my mum wanted me to put old curtains in boxes and we ended up having a barney about washing up and money and horrible stuff, and i hadn't even had me breakfast or anything... so i stormed off and had some muesli and danced round my room to that salako song that goes 'old people need glasses to see now that's a fact', and felt a bit defiant and groovy. so ran away to my dad's. which is down the road. hurray. and i bought the observer and some sparklers for tonite :)... saw pretty in pink last night, and again, marvelled at just how disgusting molly ringworm's dress is at the prom, but how totally you believe duckie when he says how lovely she looks. in fact i think it's almost more poignant becuase of the nastiness of the dress. i keep having reality dreams, which are no good at all, 'cause you just wake up feeling confused. far better to have a good adventure dream i think, although i did dream about snow on friday. love to you all. it's so nice to be able to *read* my sinister properly on a sunday, rather than do the furtive scrolling thing at work. am going to read the paper now, and drink some more passion fruit juice because it is *best*. maybe even say sorry to my mum. sparkly joy, honeybees xsoph * _________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com. Share information about yourself, create your own public profile at http://profiles.msn.com. +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ Brought to you by the undead Sinister mailing list +---+ To send to the list mail sinister(a)missprint.org. To unsubscribe send "unsubscribe sinister" or "unsubscribe sinister-digest" to majordomo(a)missprint.org. WWW: http://www.missprint.org/sinister +-+ "legion of bedroom saddo devotees" "tech-heads and students" +-+ +-+ "the cardie wearing biscuit nibbling belle & sebastian list" +-+ +-+ "sinsietr is a bit freaky" - stuart david, looper +-+ +-+ "pasty-faced vegan geeks... and we LOST!" - NME April 2000 +-+ +-+ "peculiarly deranged fanbase" "frighteningly named +-+ +-+ Sinister List organisation" - NME May 2000 +-+ +----------------------------------------------------------------------+

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Sinister: Nice lace for a silk
by Kenneth P Y Chu 05 Nov '00

05 Nov '00

Hi, I'm back home for a day in Milton Keynes, and I was very surprised that I was happy today, in November 05. My parents have gone on holiday, so I am alone in the house. It's so nice and relaxing, and makes a change from sitting in my room in halls knowing that exactly everyone else are like all snogging and you are not. I am even sober, I am tired, I feel dizzy after going to a fun fair earlier, but nice. Maybe I am just made for a solitary life, I hope not, it sounds boring... unless I get to go bowling a lot, and do other fun things like juggling and playing guitar and making jokes that only I laugh at and drinking Red Bull. Unfortunately I'm feeling good only now at 3:40am, which means it's all going to end, right here, if only I can be awake forever, but I can't.. I should have bought more Red Bulls. Good night, and take care. Sweet quiet nights and red bulls! Ken ====================================================================== Is it wicked when you smile, even though you feel like crying even though you could be sick at any time? - Belle & Sebastian +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ Brought to you by the undead Sinister mailing list +---+ To send to the list mail sinister(a)missprint.org. To unsubscribe send "unsubscribe sinister" or "unsubscribe sinister-digest" to majordomo(a)missprint.org. WWW: http://www.missprint.org/sinister +-+ "legion of bedroom saddo devotees" "tech-heads and students" +-+ +-+ "the cardie wearing biscuit nibbling belle & sebastian list" +-+ +-+ "sinsietr is a bit freaky" - stuart david, looper +-+ +-+ "pasty-faced vegan geeks... and we LOST!" - NME April 2000 +-+ +-+ "peculiarly deranged fanbase" "frighteningly named +-+ +-+ Sinister List organisation" - NME May 2000 +-+ +----------------------------------------------------------------------+

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Sinister: he was rumoured to be either dead, selling pigs in the north of France, recruiting for the Dutch foreign legion, or ruling a tribe in Africa
by gogron 04 Nov '00

04 Nov '00

there are fireworks Saturday night is fireworks night even though the gunpowder plot is more properly commerorated the 'morrow (this prissy exactitude is in a vain attempt to keep Christmas to the season of advent; the millenium 'till 2001; the American elections where they are due... an internationally important piece of news by now, but I could've lived without the coverage of it 6 months ago) So the sparks are flying either side of the window, noisly, but failing to align their cheerfully colourful little bursts of affection in front of me. the season for it This is not the season for content, one suspects, or at least not until Emmanuel has Come. Someone mentioned listening to Belle tunes after a break, and choosing Legal Man. My eye, too, has hovered over that CD spine in terms of a re-entry to the world of Belle, being short and jolly and freeing me from the crushing requirement to analyze lyrics... dadaddadadaa...dadadadadada! yay. But I listen to a tape of Axelle Red instead, cos she sings cute and funky stuff in French which I don't even try to understand. technology Everything in it's place: weblogs in weblogland, music news in sinister... is this the structure for a well-ordered hard disc? I'm sure it's a wise concept, but too clever and complicated for a haggard old virgin like me. I like people throwing this and that and whatever into sinister mail. Kind of like a wondrous pile of jittery, exciteable junk that makes my breakfast, of a weekday, a pleasure and, of a weekend, the kind of stimulation apt to throw me into paroxysms of feedback, albeit that the particular agencies are now deep down in my subconcious. chat Sinister chat was quite busy last night/morning/siesta whatever it was for you. Funnily, some peeps on chat are scared to post, and some people who post are scared to go on chat! Yer should all get together at a picnic and bake scones or something in order to bond, cos yer all cool and cute and...sinister. Anyways it would be awesome to see what 1300 people in a chat room would be like. Suppose Honey would have to divide us all into little anterooms like they do on CH4 guest chats (sorry, UK only ref... it's like where questions are selected from the people who've logged in and then transferred to a kind of VIP chatroom... basically it doesn't work.) the subject See the subject line, I opened the book at random and that was it... it's strange because, generally, opening a book at random, one doesn't generally come instantly across something so quotable. But, apologies, and it is, I suppose, a flaw in random stuff: it'll be widely regarded as irrelevant. Which sums up this post rather neatly:) love and kisses, Gordon +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ Brought to you by the undead Sinister mailing list +---+ To send to the list mail sinister(a)missprint.org. To unsubscribe send "unsubscribe sinister" or "unsubscribe sinister-digest" to majordomo(a)missprint.org. WWW: http://www.missprint.org/sinister +-+ "legion of bedroom saddo devotees" "tech-heads and students" +-+ +-+ "the cardie wearing biscuit nibbling belle & sebastian list" +-+ +-+ "sinsietr is a bit freaky" - stuart david, looper +-+ +-+ "pasty-faced vegan geeks... and we LOST!" - NME April 2000 +-+ +-+ "peculiarly deranged fanbase" "frighteningly named +-+ +-+ Sinister List organisation" - NME May 2000 +-+ +----------------------------------------------------------------------+

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Sinister: chase me out of the ball game
by lisa morrison 04 Nov '00

04 Nov '00

not list abuse. (though i am growing ever popular for it) ...but perhaps that is a lie and this is list abuse. just wack me with a rather large stick if i break to many rules...i'll take the hint. (and we know all sinister kids "speak softly and carry a big stick") gordon said: >wow lisa... my headmaster in Newton Mearns Primary School was called Mr. >Morrison: he was from Harris. fab. doll but i bet he wasn't cute as me...now if i were yr headmaster...(this is the scratch in the record that sends me grinding my terribley cheeky self to a halt) embarces to the ever-so talented miss. joan of dark...yes, doll let us embrace amoungst the rumble. it will be a rather tragic picture...mildly ironic don't you think so doll? next time one of my mental buildings comes crashing down i'll be sure to let the lot of you know... untill then...i've got a nude photo shot that i'm late for already... being yr ideal. -lisa is a L (iar) _________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com. Share information about yourself, create your own public profile at http://profiles.msn.com. +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ Brought to you by the undead Sinister mailing list +---+ To send to the list mail sinister(a)missprint.org. To unsubscribe send "unsubscribe sinister" or "unsubscribe sinister-digest" to majordomo(a)missprint.org. WWW: http://www.missprint.org/sinister +-+ "legion of bedroom saddo devotees" "tech-heads and students" +-+ +-+ "the cardie wearing biscuit nibbling belle & sebastian list" +-+ +-+ "sinsietr is a bit freaky" - stuart david, looper +-+ +-+ "pasty-faced vegan geeks... and we LOST!" - NME April 2000 +-+ +-+ "peculiarly deranged fanbase" "frighteningly named +-+ +-+ Sinister List organisation" - NME May 2000 +-+ +----------------------------------------------------------------------+

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Sinister: Heavenly Denim
by Michael Cronshaw 04 Nov '00

04 Nov '00

Hello peeps People have been talking about Heavenly & Go-Kart Mozart, so I thought I'd write a bit about them, in case it's helpful for anyone: Heavenly formed out of remains of Talulah Gosh, who have fairly recently released a compilation of just about everything they recorded, called Backwash. All Heavenly LPs are now available, except Heavenly vs Satan, but aren't stocked in most record shops. Heavenly split after Mathew died, but after a while, the rest of the band got back together to form Marine Research, who should be releasing their second album soon, hopefully. Amelia sings backing vocals on the new Hefner album, and Cathy is a TV producer and also presents Scrapheap Challenge! After Felt, Lawrence formed Denim before being Go-Kart Mozart. Denim's first album, Back In Denim, was an excellent, slightly comical, retro 70s glam rock style record, as was the second, On Ice. Then Lawrence got bored and released Novelty Rock, an experimental novelty comedy rock record which sounds like a collection of cheesy advert jingles. Reviews of Go-Kart Mozart's album suggested that it was also in this style, so I gave up on Lawrence, although I've heard rumours that he's going to return to his Felt style and release an album on Alan McGee's new Poptones Internet label. Oh, and I hope B&S release something soon too. Michael +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ Brought to you by the undead Sinister mailing list +---+ To send to the list mail sinister(a)missprint.org. To unsubscribe send "unsubscribe sinister" or "unsubscribe sinister-digest" to majordomo(a)missprint.org. WWW: http://www.missprint.org/sinister +-+ "legion of bedroom saddo devotees" "tech-heads and students" +-+ +-+ "the cardie wearing biscuit nibbling belle & sebastian list" +-+ +-+ "sinsietr is a bit freaky" - stuart david, looper +-+ +-+ "pasty-faced vegan geeks... and we LOST!" - NME April 2000 +-+ +-+ "peculiarly deranged fanbase" "frighteningly named +-+ +-+ Sinister List organisation" - NME May 2000 +-+ +----------------------------------------------------------------------+

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Sinister: Can't tell your arse from (kissing) your elbow
by Elizabeth Daplyn 04 Nov '00

04 Nov '00

Pip pip dollies. Got annoyed with my hair the other morning and chopped some of it off, then had to get my flatmate Rosie to neaten it up where I'd been a bit too enthusiastic. I'd go to a proper hairdresser, but I think the old barnet's beyond redemption. Maybe a home perm and some blonde highlights? Ken said: > I need to go to the Chinese supermarket to get some proper pot noodles > soon which are incidentally waaaaaaaay nicer than the manky ones you > get here. and then went on about Red Bull Pot Noodles, even the concept of which is an abomination in the sight of the almighty Fake Pasta Lord. You should be ashamed of yourself, young man. What you _should_ be going to the Chinese supermarket for is huge sheets of dried squid, mouldy duck eggs, canned tamarind juice and all the other wacky stuff. Personally I buy industrial-sized tins of powdered cumin, sesame seed crackers and oyster sauce. My local has a shrine in the back aisle, right next to the chiller cabinet where they keep the tofu, so you can light incense while comparing prices. Tofu's awfully squidgy, isn't it? Joe Ballard wrote: > Gratest new album (even though it's nigh-on twenty years old) has to be > Soft Cell 'Non-Stop Erotic Cabaret'. Bought it last week and it's the > dog's whiskers! It even has a song on it called 'sex dwarf' that is > *actually* about a sex dwarf. which immediately created this monster in my head: "Sex dwarf, sex dwarf, you're my sex dwarf, Help me with my knee-high boots when I need to take them off." In a delightful Tom Jones kinda stylee. I apologise, but I had to get it out. I didn't want that festering in my little grey cells for days, weeks, or even minutes. Continuations of this theme welcomed. Why are boyz so crap? I got an email the other day telling me I'm too cultured. Probably true, but since when has culture had anything to do with sweaty palms and furtive snogging? Tchah. Anyway, who's going to the Union Chapel next Friday to see Sodastream? EVERYONE, that's who _should_ be going. So turn up, or I may have to come round and break your legs. In a twee way, obviously. Probably with a Miffy pencil tin or something. Liz :x "Regard the moon, La lune ne garde aucune rancune" 0776 5895141 +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ Brought to you by the undead Sinister mailing list +---+ To send to the list mail sinister(a)missprint.org. To unsubscribe send "unsubscribe sinister" or "unsubscribe sinister-digest" to majordomo(a)missprint.org. WWW: http://www.missprint.org/sinister +-+ "legion of bedroom saddo devotees" "tech-heads and students" +-+ +-+ "the cardie wearing biscuit nibbling belle & sebastian list" +-+ +-+ "sinsietr is a bit freaky" - stuart david, looper +-+ +-+ "pasty-faced vegan geeks... and we LOST!" - NME April 2000 +-+ +-+ "peculiarly deranged fanbase" "frighteningly named +-+ +-+ Sinister List organisation" - NME May 2000 +-+ +----------------------------------------------------------------------+

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Sinister: slurry samba
by Simiansurvival＠aol.com 04 Nov '00

04 Nov '00

hey peoples!! spent most of the day making tapes for friends... and making a tape all the Badly Drawn Boy b-sides and old EP songs i have...it's good walking and wandering music. every time i'm in my car and i'm listening to "once around the block", which has become one of my all time favorite songs, i feel like i'm in the video, and i want to pick up a boy and a girl with braces so they can make out in my backseat. hey, i had braces once, i've been there. i finally listened to some Belle and Sebastian after a long while of not having done so. i put the Legal Man 12" on and started to shake-a-puddin, bounce-a-puddin, shake-a-puddin, bounce. has anyone heard the Go-Kart Mozart album... i know it's Lawrence from Felt, but i haven't heard anything from it... i heard it was pretty decent, and i know Momus liked it, so that's a good sign, but can anyone email me telling me sone more about it? please? come to think of it, just email me and tell me anything. talk to me. i promise i'll write you back. i get so bored sometimes, and i love all of you sinister peoples, so write me if you could be so kind. give me record recommendations, tell me about good books, or whatever. tell me about your dog. i just like talking to people. you'd make me terribly happy. well, after such a feat as that, i think i should go before i make people barf. see you soon, mike j PS- toy instruments are fun +----------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ Brought to you by the undead Sinister mailing list +---+ To send to the list mail sinister(a)missprint.org. To unsubscribe send "unsubscribe sinister" or "unsubscribe sinister-digest" to majordomo(a)missprint.org. WWW: http://www.missprint.org/sinister +-+ "legion of bedroom saddo devotees" "tech-heads and students" +-+ +-+ "the cardie wearing biscuit nibbling belle & sebastian list" +-+ +-+ "sinsietr is a bit freaky" - stuart david, looper +-+ +-+ "pasty-faced vegan geeks... and we LOST!" - NME April 2000 +-+ +-+ "peculiarly deranged fanbase" "frighteningly named +-+ +-+ Sinister List organisation" - NME May 2000 +-+ +----------------------------------------------------------------------+

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